Heel rest



w. BERNSTEIN.

HEEL REST.

APPLICATION HLED JULYIO. i920.

Patented Oct. 192 2 Patented ea. in, was.

.WILLIAIVL' nnnlvsrnm, or mnraroa 'rnarn, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL nns'r,

Application 'fil ed Jul 10, 1920. Serial in. 395,406.

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamaica Plain, in the county of Suffolk and l have invented cer Improvements in Heel 1 1 State of Massachusetts, tain new and useful Rests; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the, same.

The present invention relates to certain improvements in foot rests employed inconnection with the operation of motor vehicles.

It is desirable to provide some form of rest for the heel end of the operators foot when manipulating any one of the several control pedals employed in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle. The use of such a rest not only adds to the surety of control, but avoids the localized wear by the operators shoe which would otherwise come upon the floor covering of the motor vehicle.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a new and improved form of heel rest which is compact, attractive in appearance, and so designed that the shoe may be readily engaged or disengaged, and held firmly by the rest during the manipulation of the control pedals.

With this object in view the features of the invention consist in a heel rest of novel form and construction, which accomplishes in a highly efficient manner the results enumerated.

In the simplest and most efiicient form of the invention which has yet been devised, therest consists of a substantially flat base member having anupstanding flange in the general form of a U, the arms of which diverge, the base member and the flange being formedas a single integral member of rubher, rubber composition, or a like plastic materlal. In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of the invention,

Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the improved heel rest; and Figure 2 is an elevation looking at the front side of the rest.

The illustrated embodiment'of the present invention comprises a molded heel rest havinga base portion 1 provided with an upstanding flange 2. The flange 2 is approximately Ushaped, with arms 3 diverging from the base of the U toward the open end,

as shown clearly in Figure 1 of the draw- Beit known that I, WIL M iinnnsrnnv,

betweenthe arms until it gripped thereby.

Iiirirder to facilitatedisengagement of the heel from between the arms of the flange, and at the same time avoid the possibility of marrinc the operators shoe, the interior Walls of the flange are smooth and substantially normal at all points to the plane of the base. The outer walls of the flange incline outwardly from the upper edge of the flange toward the junction of the flange with the base portion, to reinforce the flange and afford a rigid and secure connection between the flange and base portion. In order to facilitate the entrance of the heel between the diverging walls of the flange, the front ends of the arms 3 slope downwardly toward the surface of the base portion, emerging therewith. as shown in the drawings. The base is provided with a substantially rectangular recess 11 in the upper surface in which the flange is received, this recess being surrounded by a raised or thickened margin, about which are disposed fastener receiving openings 10, having the usual washers 12 embedded therein. In the preferred embodiment of the invention the marginal portion of the base is further strengthened, by reinforcing ribs 14 which connect. annular projections 15 surrounding the fastener receiving openings at each of the four corners ofthe base. It will be observed that according to this construction the U-shaped flangeis molded into the recess 11 along its entire length and into the surrounding raised flange at the back and two front corners, thus providing a. substantially rigid construction with the use of a minimum of material.

The heel rest as a whole is preferably made of rubber, rubber composition, or a like plastic material, and serves as a convenient rest for the operator which will not damage the most delicate shoe, and which is impervious to the corrosive action of water or other fluid, retaining its attractive appearance throughout the period of use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A heel rest comprising a base portion of rubber and an upstanding retaining flange molded thereon having diverging walls adapted to fit and hold different heel sizes.

2. A heel rest comprising a base portion and an upstanding retaining flange molded thereon adapted to fit and hold different heel. sizes, the inner walls of the retaining flange beingarranged substantially normal to the plane of the base portion, and the outer walls of the retaining flange being inclined, outwardly from the top of the flange to. the base to form a reinforcement for the 3.. A heel rest comprising a base portion ,of rubber having av plurality of fastener receiv ng openings in the marg nal portions thereof, a plurality: of ribs, upon the, upper surface of the marginal portions of the base between said fastener receiving openings and an upstanding retaining flange molded upon the upper surface of the base having WILLIAM BERNSTEIN. 

